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HONORING EXITING BOARD MEMBERS

We are indebted to exiting longtime LAGFF Board Members, Dinos Andrianos, Los Angeles-based entrepreneur and supporter of the arts, and Thouly Dosios, award-winning filmmaker/photographer. Through their service and selfless dedication, LAGFF was able to maintain organizational integrity and develop its artistic scope and vision. As they are moving on to other endeavors, we wish to extend our sincere and heartfelt gratitude and wishes to them. LAGFF would have not been the same without their influence!

INTRODUCING NEW BOARD MEMBER

LIA BOZONELIS

We are proud and delighted to welcome Lia Bozonelis as our new Board Member! Lia is a screenwriter, writer and producer based in Los Angeles. Her pandemic thriller feature SAFER AT HOME, which she co-wrote and co-produced for Voltage Pictures during Covid lockdown, is currently being distributed internationally by Vertical Entertainment. Next up is her psychological thriller feature GHOSTED, which she co-wrote and will produce with Meridian Entertainment, as well as her dramedy feature DEEP SEA BABY, which is being packaged to shoot in Greece. Lia’s romantic comedy feature EAT, DRINK & BE MARRIED premiered worldwide in summer of ’19. She also recently sold the romantic comedy feature A TASTE OF LOVE to Reel One Entertainment and completed a page-one feature rewrite of Gen Z comedy SUMMER JOB for Gunpowder & Sky.

Lia previously served as Head Writer and Consulting Producer of the feminist sketch comedy series SORRY NOT SORRY for Go90, Sony-backed Astronauts Wanted, Complex Networks and DiGa Studios. She also created a four-part web-series LIVING YOUR BEST HALF LIFE, produced by Cafe.com. Additionally, Lia has developed film and television projects with Momentum TV, Atlas Entertainment and Haven Entertainment, among others, and wrote the female-driven action feature GIRL RACE under a grant from the Australian government.

At the center of Lia’s career is her mission to help women rise within the entertainment industry. Lia finds fulfillment as a pro bono mentor and advisor to women, as well as within her cultural community of Greeks and Greek Americans. She is now ready to serve on the Board of Directors for the Los Angeles Greek Film Festival, where she previously volunteered for over ten years. In addition, and as a member of several women-in-film groups, Lia utilizes her strengths within these organizations to advocate for young, diverse voices to be heard through storytelling. She was recently a recipient of the prestigious 40 Under 40 Award from the Greek America Foundation for her professional and philanthropic contributions.

GREEK OSCAR NOMINATIONS

Yorgos Lamprinos edited the masterpiece THE FATHER, a new film with Anthony Hopkins and Olivia Coleman, and is nominated for an Oscar. The film is an interior portrait of a man who suffers from deterioration of his cognitive abilities. Lamprinos’ editing creates a world ruled by a wholly other sense of time and space while plunging into the mind of the protagonist (Hopkins). He is also known for editing XENIA and OBSCURO BARROCO, both of which have screened at LAGFF.

Phedon Papamichael shot THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7, an Aaron Sorkin political drama centering around the actions of seven anti-war protesters including Abbie Hoffman (Sacha Baron Cohen), Jerry Rubin (Jeremy Strong), and Tom Hayden (Eddie Redmayne). We expected no less for our friend and LAGFF Advisor Phedon than his receipt of yet another Oscar nomination!

Come April 25, we will be watching and rooting for our fellows...

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We wish to express our gratitude to Secretary General for Public Diplomacy and Greeks Abroad, Prof. John Chrysoulakis for his continued effort to unite the Hellenes abroad and support all efforts for culture, the arts, and issues that Hellenes face away from the homeland, under the auspices of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

We also wish to express our gratitude to Honorable Evgenia Beniatoglou, Consul General of Greece in Los Angeles, for her ardent support and promotion of Hellenism.

We are grateful to Honorable Andreas Kyprianides, Consul General of Cyprus, for his continued support and tireless efforts to promote Hellenic and Cypriot issues and interests in Los Angeles.

Special thanks go to European Languages & Movies in America (ELMA), an organization dedicated to the promotion of European Cinema in America.